Christian Rangen, Author at Engage//Innovate

About Christian Rangen

Christian Rangen works with senior leadership on innovative strategic transformation, innovation strategies, business model innovation & creative leadership development. Besides working with global companies to overcome their top strategy & innovation challenges, he also develops programs and lectures at BI Norwegian Business School. He is an active public speaker and presents frequently at international innovation and strategy conferences.

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Ecosystem, Insights, Venture Capital

The Fund Journey: An Emerging Manager’s Story from Kuala Lumpur to SEA. Part III: Value Creation, Fund III, and Institutional Arrival (Years 6-7)

Continued from Part I (years T-2 -1). Read part I here, and Part II here. Through the lens of Aisha Rahman, Founding Partner, Meridian Ventures With insights from: Rizal Tan, Co-Founder & General Partner And: Ahmad Ismail, CFO, PayMalaysia (Portfolio Company) By Year 5, we had deployed most of Fund II and were generating the track record that would […]

December 30, 2025 /0 Comments/by Christian Rangen

Insights, Strategy, Tools, Venture Capital

The Fund Journey: LP Outcome Canvas: EPF Investment in Meridian Ventures Fund III (Part IV)

From Fund I to Fund III Aisha and Rizal navigate nearly a decode on the fund journey. For Fund III, they run into the LP Outcome Canvas at one of Malaysia’s leading pension funds. (case based, fictional fund) Read the full story, The Fund Journey: An Emerging Manager’s Story from Kuala Lumpur to South-East Asia, Part […]

December 30, 2025 /0 Comments/by Christian Rangen

Insights, News, Startups

Startup founder raising capital in MENA? Here are the top 10 AI prompts we use to help founders succeed

A year ago, some of our friends, clients and colleagues went to a 2AM rave party at the Pyramids at Giza. The music, the lights, the incredible setting. “Best ever”, was the loud message. This week were were back in Cairo, but this time the best ever was a series of AI hacks we shared […]

December 30, 2025 /0 Comments/by Christian Rangen

Consulting, Insights

From Student to Master: The 4-Phase Journey to Master Scale Up Facilitation

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mastery in Scale Up facilitation is not a credential you earn; it is a progression you live. Over 18 to 36 months, you will evolve from content expert to transformer; someone who helps founders and teams see what they could not see alone. This journey unfolds through four phases that build on each […]

December 15, 2025 /0 Comments/by Christian Rangen

Insights, Startups, Strategy Tools

The Top Ten Questions I Ask Founders Raising Capital Right Now

Are you a founder raising capital? These are the top ten questions I ask founders. I just got off a call. Great founder. Raising a strong Series A. Except, maybe not. The momentum was not quite there. The investor prospects were starting to dry up. Christmas was approaching (there’s always an excuse for investors wanting […]